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1957150605Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1957. Collection of 13 vintage photographs from the 1957 US-UK co-production. Seven photographs with mimeo snipes on the verso crediting photographer Bert Cann. <br/><br/>Very loosely based on the 1950 nonfiction book "The Story of Zarak Khan" by A.J. Bevans about an outlaw fighting against British occupation in 19th century Afghanistan pursued by a British officer with whom he develops a mutual respect. <br/><br/>Set on the border between Afghanistan and India shot on location in England Morocco India and Burma. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1968135902Paris: Le Spectacle du Monde 1968. Vintage borderless black-and-white double weight press photograph from the set of the film in Rome. Pictured are director Christian Marquand whose faux-grim countenance is in nice contrast to the attractive innocence of the film's lead actress Ewa Aulin. With the stamp of French magazine Le Spectacle du Monde twice on the verso. <br/><br/>8 x 10.5 inches. Fine. Le Spectacle du Monde unknown books
1958142712Glendale CA: William F. Broidy Productions / Allied Artists 1958. Draft script for the 1959 film noir. Holograph pencil and ink notation indicating copy belonging to actress Lyn Thomas with substantive notes on dialogue and wardrobe throughout. Shooting schedule leaves bound in and laid in scene break down of costume. <br/><br/>Arson squad investigator Johnny Broderick and his partner Ben Howard investigate a warehouse fire and find evidence of arson. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 31 with "Aug 1958" noted in holograph ink below the title. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Tom Hubbard. 113 leaves with last page of text numbered 88 and 13 shooting schedule leaves. Mimeograph duplication with blue green and pink revision pages throughout. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. <br/><br/>Selby Us. Spicer US. William F. Broidy Productions / Allied Artists unknown books
1976149916N.p.: N.p. 1976. Collection of seven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1976 Italian film.<br/><br/>Based on the real Salon Kitty a cabaret and brothel used by Nazi secret intelligence to collect information on high-ranking SS commandants and foreign dignitaries during World War II. Heavily edited for its US release with many political elements purged in order to market the film as a sexploitation production. Considered one of the progenitors of the Nazi exploitation genre. <br/><br/>Set in Berlin. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/><br/>Blue Underground. N.p. unknown books
1974137795Rome: Ultra Film S. p. A. 1974. Carbon typescript Draft script for the 1973 Italian film" Baciamo le mani" here under the English title "The Family." Released internationally as "I Kiss the Hand" "Family Killer" and "Kiss My Hand" and re-released in the US as "Sin City Confidential." Brief annotations in holograph ink on the first page noting the role of Luca played by Spiros Focas and on a few other pages. Rubber-stamped on the title page as an Ultra Film production however Aquila Cinematografica would receive final credit. <br/><br/>Based on Schiraldi's 1972 titular novel. Stefano Ferrante Joshua Sinclair the son of a Mafia boss Kennedy is killed by Gaspare Ardizzone Saxon because he refused to sell a piece of land. Eventually Ardizzone becomes the new Don and the prior is soon killed by some indifferent construction workers. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present undated with credits for screenwriter Schiraldo and translator Denis Hall. 208 leaves with last page of text numbered 207. Carbon typescript on onionskin stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Ultra Film S. p. A. unknown books
1942148689Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Final Draft script for the 1942 film here under the working title "The Magnificent Jerk." Production No. 647 and copy No.1 stamped on the front wrapper with FINAL printedd at the top right corner of same. Single annotation on title page amending title with "Dope" in holograph pencil. Laid in is a credit sequence page with credits divided horizontally from letters "a" to "h."<br/><br/>Don Ameche runs a Dale Carnegie-esque "success school" that isn't terribly successful and at the suggestion of his secretary decides to pursue a promotion where the company makes a success out of the "laziest man in America" who turns out to be Henry Fonda. <br/><br/>Set in New York City. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 1 and production No. 647 dated FEB. 14 1942. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated February 14 1942 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter George Seaton. 136 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 2/18/42 and 3/30/42. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with one two and a half inch closed tear on front wrapper and several small closed tears bound internally with two gold brads.<br/><br/>Credit Sequence 8.5 x 11 inches. Very Good plus with center crease open tears at top and bottom hole punch and very small chip on top right. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1959149374Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1959. Vintage borderless reference photograph of actor Charlton Heston and his son in a chariot on the set of the 1959 film. With the stamps of Time Press and Dalmas press agency on the verso along with a numbered stamp reading 008818.<br/><br/>Based on the 1880 novel by Lew Wallace. Jewish prince Ben-Hur is sent to prison at the behest of his childhood friend Messala as a result of a mishap during a Roman parade. Through sheer will Ben-Hur endures hard labor and slavery in prison and once released vows revenge on Messala. The most expensive film ever made at the time of its release with a 15 million dollar budget and a massive elaborate set. Nominated for 12 Academy Awards and winning 11 including Best Picture Best Director and Best Actor.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Italy and California.<br/><br/>7 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus slightly wavy with light edgewear. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1953149721N.p.: N.p. 1953. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1953 French film showing actress Michele Morgan. With holograph ink annotations regarding layout on the verso along with the stamp of City Film N.V.<br/><br/>In the midst of a deadly typhoid outbreak a French tourist finds herself widowed and stranded in a small Mexican village where she begins to fall in love with a depressed alcoholic expatriate. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Veracruz and Mexico City Mexico.<br/><br/>8.5 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus with light creases to the bottom edge. N.p. unknown books
1962132899Paris: Cine Tamaris / Rome Paris Films 1962. Collection of four vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1962 French film. <br/><br/>Agnes Varda is an important and influential French director writer and artist whose work uses both documentary style realism and experimental film techniques to explore issues of feminism and social justice. A colleague of Alain Resnais and other Rive Gauche filmmakers her early work including this film prefigures stylistically the French New Wave and is today considered very much a part of it. <br/><br/>Varda was nominated for the Palme d'Or for "Cleo from 5 to 7" her second feature film about a female pop singer whose spends two adventurous and winsome hours on her own and talking to friends while awaiting the results of a biopsy. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Edges slightly toned. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Cine Tamaris / Rome Paris Films unknown books
1966141085N.p.: Europa Film 1966. Vintage pressbook for the 1966 film. In the wake of the Spanish Civil War a communist exile continues his anti-Franco activities from his new Paris home. The film follows his disillusionment with the revolution and its questionable tactics. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. <br/><br/>Two pages saddle stapled 10 x 12 inches. Near Fine with a small holograph graphite notation to the recto. Europa Film unknown books
1970152357N.p.: N.p. 1970. Collection of three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1970 French film. With provenance stamps to the verso and one with the stamp of Editions de Minuit publishing house. <br/><br/>A group of French students experience a variety of unusual and erotic experiences after sampling a mysterious Dutch man's hallucinogenic "fear powder." <br/><br/>Shot on location in Tunisia and Slovakia. <br/><br/>Two photographs 9.25 x 7 inches one photograph 9.5 x 7 inches. Generally Very Good plus lightly edgeworn. N.p. unknown books
1970137532Hollywood: Paul Kohner 1970. Draft script for an unproduced adaptation of B. Traven's 1929 novel by Hollywood Ten writer Albert Maltz. With xerographically duplicated annotations and typeovers throughout. Agency script in wrappers from the Paul Kohner agency although this script appears to bear no relationship to the 1971 adaptation of "The Bridge in the Jungle" written and directed by Kohner's son Pancho. <br/><br/>Yellow titled agency wrappers with credits for screenwriter Maltz and novelist Traven. Title page present with credits for Maltz and Traven. 116 leaves with page numbers missing or too faint to read on most pages. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrappers Very Good plus bound internally with three gold brads. Paul Kohner unknown books
1969152494N.p.: Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions 1969. Vintage borderless reference photograph with horizontal margins of director Alfred Hitchcock on the set of the 1969 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1967 novel by Leon Uris about a French agent who helps the United States uncover the presence of Russian missiles in Cuba. <br/><br/>9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions unknown books
1960135571Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1960. Vintage black and white photograph of Anthony Perkins on the set of the 1960 film silhouetted against the Bates Motel. The most sought after image from the known stills produced. <br/><br/>Far and away the highest grossing film of Hitchcock's career nominated for 4 Academy awards including Hitichcock's fifth and final Best Director nomination and a key film in expanding allowable depictions of both violence and sexuality under the eroding Production Code. Selected by the National Film Registry in 1992. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with a few pinholes at the corners. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime p. 275. Spicer p. 423. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1959132181Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1959. Revised Final Draft script for the 1960 film "Man on a String" seen here under the early working title "Ten Years a Counterspy." <br/><br/>Espionage thriller in which Ernest Borgnine stars as Boris Mitrov a US secret agent sent to Berlin to act as a double agent for the USSR. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers noted as production No. 8514 and as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper dated Mar. 16 1959. Title page present dated March 16 1959 noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Shaler and editor Cavanagh. 149 leaves mechanical duplication on eye-rest green stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1981144334Paris: Studio Canal 1981. Vintage borderless photograph of Catherine Deneuve Patrick Dewaere and Etienne Chicot on the set of the 1981 film. With holograph annotations regarding layout and photographer Tony Frank's name typed on the verso. <br/><br/>Helene Catherine Deneuve an anesthetist depressed and mourning her recently drowned lover almost crashes her car into Gilles Patrick Dewaere a young working class man who lives at his mother's hotel. The two fall into a difficult relationship that brings up their painful past histories. <br/><br/>Shot on location in France. <br/><br/>10.5 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Studio Canal unknown books
1969140234Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1969. Draft script for the 1970 film. <br/><br/>An older rancher is threatened by bandits stealing his cattle. Together with Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid he participates in the Lincoln County War a war against a dry goods monopoly that attempted to control cattle and water supplies as well which had sprung up in the New Mexico territory and led to great bloodshed. <br/><br/>Set in New Mexico territory shot on location in California Arizona and New Mexico USA. <br/><br/>Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Andrew J. Fenady. 140 leaves with last page of text numbered 137. Mechanical duplication with green blue and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between June 25 1969 and November 3 1969. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Warner Brothers unknown books
1973150595N.p.: N.p. 1973. Collection of four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1973 film.<br/><br/>An X-rated Andy Warhol-produced take on Mary Shelley's 1818 classic novel featuring Warhol superstar Udo Kier as Baron von Frankenstein a man obsessed with creating a new Serbian race to obey his every command. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Vojvodina Serbia. <br/><br/>7 x 9.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1955146135Culver City CA: MGM 1955. Composite script for the 1956 film. With occasional copied handwritten annotations throughout but made from a master with machine hole punches and no hole shadows and rainbow revisions throughout.<br/><br/>A Korean War veteran returns home only to be swiftly court-martialed for collaboration with the Chinese while in captivity as a prisoner of war. One of Paul Newman's first starring film appearances and an early exploration of the horrors of psychological torture and brainwashing-a predecessor to films such as "Time Limit" 1957 "The Manchurian Candidate" 1962 and "Telefon" 1977.<br/><br/>Goldenrod titled wrappers noted as VAULT COPY / COMPOSITE SCRIPT / COMPLETE on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 173 and production No. 5630 dated 10-25-55 with credits for director Arnold Laven and screenwriter Stewart Stern. 214 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeographed rectos only with pink and white revision pages throughout dated variously between 10-24-55 and 12-15-55. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with tidemarks to the upper edge of the rear wrapper bound with two gold brads. MGM unknown books
1965WRCLIT33768Np: Columbia Pictures 1965. Three volumes. Quarto. Bradbound in production company or studio wrappers. Three drafts of the novelist's adaptation to the screen of Schisgal's play released in 1967 starring Jack Lemmon and Peter Falk directed by Cliv Donner as follow: a Second draft. 1134 leaves reproduced on rectos only in early photocopying process. In plain wrappers bearing only the stylized title design. Dated 24 January 1966; b First "estimating" draft. 1134 leaves mimeographed typescript. In Columbia Pictures wrappers. Dated 27 May 1966; and c Final draft. 1130 leaves plus many lettered inserts. Mimeographed typescript. In Columbia Pictures wrappers. Dated 4 August 1966 but with many inserted colored revises variously dated as late as 13 October. All very good or better and through the succession of three drafts a valuable opportunity to observe the revision process. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1970151976Rome: Mars Film 1970. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Jean-Louis Trintignant and Stefania Sandrelli from the 1970 film. Stamp of photographer Angelo Novi on verso. <br/><br/>An intricate and incisive examination of the psychological tribulations of a man who will do anything to be "normal." Marcello Clerici Trintignant a young and upper-middle class Italian joins Mussolini's Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism and his first assignment is to assassinate his former teacher a political dissident now residing in France with his attractive young wife. Under the guise of taking his new bride Gulia on a honeymoon Marcello travels to France to complete his mission. <br/><br/>Lauded for its fantastic cinematography and expressionistic style often compared stylistically to early German Expressionist works such as Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of the Will" or Fritz Lang's "Metropolis."<br/><br/>9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Arrow Academy 709. Schrader's Canon Fodder 14. Grant Italy. Mars Film unknown books
1985148722Los Angeles: Blake Edwards Entertainment 1985. Draft script for the 1986 film here under the working title "The Music Box." <br/><br/>The second page of the script is a statement from Blake Edwards expressing his intent of utilizing "broad improvisation" and leaving the concise script with relatively minimal dialogue. Noted in the AFI Catalog.<br/><br/>Inspired by the classic and Academy Award winning Laurel & Hardy short "The Music Box" 1932 directed by James Parrott. Originally intended by Edwards to be a vehicle for Richard Pryor and Burt Reynolds.<br/><br/>Actor and gambler Spencer Holden Ted Danson overhears gangsters Binky and Turnip Stuart Margolin and Richard Mulligan at the racetrack talking about doping a horse to win the race. When the thugs find out they trail him and his restauranteur buddy Dennis Powel Howie Mandel to make sure they don't go to the authorities. <br/><br/>Untitled Blake Edwards Entertainment wrappers. Title page present with credits for screenwriter Blake Edwards. 55 leaves with last page of text numbered 53. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Blake Edwards Entertainment unknown books
1974149645Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1974. Vintage reference photograph from the 1974 film showing actress Valerie Perrine in costume or arguably lack thereof as Lenny Bruce's wife stripper Honey Bruce. With holograph annotations in ink and pencil on the verso regarding layout.<br/><br/>Based on Julian Barry's 1971 play which followed the career decline and death by morphine overdose of controversial comedian Lenny Bruce. A tour de force shot in black and white with documentary-like direction interspersed with interviews. Bob Fosse's third film as director and first non-musical. Nominated for six Academy Awards and the Palme d'Or. <br/><br/>Shot on location in Miami Beach Florida.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Twilight Time. United Artists unknown books
1945WRCLIT85228Culver City: Vanguard Films Inc. 1945. 1168 leaves altered by scores of dated revises on colored paper and lettered inserts. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound but without title- leaf and upper wrapper. The preliminary leaf with script number and receipt coupon is intact and unclipped. Modest use otherwise very good to near fine. A heavily revised rainbow script with a primary date the same as one of the early forms of the "final shooting script" but substantially altered over more than five months by dated revises and inserts. David O. Selznick's adaptation to the screen of Busch's 1944 novel directed by King Vidor starring Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten Gregory Peck Lionel Barrymore Lillian Gish Butterfly McQueen and Harry Carey. Eventually the film won the award for the Best Overall Production at the Venice Film Festival but had something of a bumpy road in development. Although Busch was himself a productive screenwriter for three decades with a dozen credited screenplays and uncredited work on others and he was responsible for a full treatment and collaborative early draft of the screenplay his final screen credit for the film consisted solely of "Suggested by a Novel by ." The present draft credits the script to Oliver Garrett solo. In fact an actual final shooting script would turn out to be nearly 11 months away with Ben Hecht doing some uncredited script doctoring and several uncredited directors including Josef von Sternberg stepping in to help out. Many changes were required to accommodate the various protectors of public morality and an analysis of the evolution of the film through the succession of widely disparate scripts would be informative. By the time an as yet further revised "final shooting script" dated 12 January 1946 rolled around David O. Selznick was the sole credit for screenwriter printed on the 208pp script and the Vanguard Films association was dropped entirely for Selznick International. Vanguard Films Inc. unknown books
1961WRCLIT77733Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1961. 24pp. Quarto. Pictorial self wrappers. Light use about fine. First edition. A highly pictorial souvenir program prepared by Paramount for sale at early screenings of the multi-award winning comedy based on a screenplay by George Axelrod loosely based on Capote's novella. Directed by Blake Edwards the film starred Audrey Hepburn as "Holly Golightly" George Peppard and featured Patricia Neal Buddy Ebsen Martin Balsam and controversially Mickey Rooney as Holly's sensitive Japanese upstairs neighbor "Mr. Yunioshi." The upper wrapper features the iconic image of Hepburn in evening wear with a cat over her shoulder and an exaggerated cigarette holder. Publicity paper related to the first release of this film has long enjoyed a cult demand staying just ahead of the availability of the sought after material. This program is among the scarcest of the generally available items. Paramount Pictures unknown books
